Is Coach Mentoring For Me?
As much as we love mentoring coaches, it’s probably not a good fit for every coach. It’s important to think about what kind of work you do as a coach and if it makes you happy, interested and inspired. So, what does make a good mentor coach? Here are a few questions...
How to Mentor Other Coaches
As of August 2023, there are 33,000 ICF credentialed coaches in the world. Most coaches in their career require mentoring, whether for credential renewal or leveling up their credential. Many coaches also engage in mentoring for professional development. Because...
Do I Need to be Certified to be a Mentor Coach?
The ICF requires that mentor coaches have an ICF credential but does not require coaches to have a formal certification. However, there are reasons for coaches to seek certification. Communication: One aspect of the training process is to address the difference...
Wow! We just had to share this coaching session with you
One of the things we love about coaching and mentoring is that there is always something more to learn and new ways to take that learning into our work. We recently hosted Andrew Shaffer, MCC on the Real Coaching Sessions Unplugged series. We believe that his session...
Aren’t Coaches Great?
As we celebrate this season of Spring and renewal, and coming out of a global pandemic, we are taking a moment to reflect on coaches and how lucky we are to spend our days working with these professionals, whether as mentors, trainers or supervisors. Aren’t coaches...
The Marathon is almost over…are you ready to cross the Finish Line?
It feels like we’re in the home stretch of running a marathon. We can see the Finish Line and it looks exciting – there’s a promise of great achievement. But the race has been a long one and we’re exhausted. Mentally we’re tired too; we know we lost many runners...
Embodies a Coaching Mindset – Hot Fudge Sundae anyone?
As we begin to incorporate the new ICF Core Competencies into our coaching, mentoring and training, we are spending some time looking more deeply at each competency and how the changes affect our work. Today we are drawn to look at Competency 2: Embodies a Coaching...
What is needed right now?
There is so much “help” out there for us as we navigate the current health crisis. People are inviting us to reframe what’s happening as an opportunity to be with family, learn a new a language, or to begin that meditation practice we’ve been planning for the past...
Easing into the New Year…
As wonderful as the holidays are, sometimes it feels like there is too much to do. As much as you want to be with family and friends, it also might feel like too many obligations. And as much as you want to relax and get rest, opportunities for travel and socializing...
What if losing focus wasn’t a loss after all?
When focus wanes and random thoughts tend to take over, what’s really happening? Or, what is wanting to happen? There are days when you may notice that you daydream more or get easily distracted. Rather than seeing this as a problem, how about looking at it as a...
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